Building Student Leaders: IRI Round Table Discussion Notes

[Carolyn_Grace]

Building Student Leaders:IRI Round Table Discussion 2013

A huge thank you to FRC Hall of Fame Member, Chief Robot Inspector, and World Championship Volunteer of the Year Al Skierkiewicz for attending our discussion and providing treasured words of wisdom to those of us who met at IRI to talk about building up student leaders.

We heard from numerous highly successful teams about how they build up student leaders, as well as areas that their teams can improve upon. It was especially great to hear from some of the students who, though leaving their teams soon for college, were motivated to continue improving their teams and the FIRST community. Thank you students, for your impact, inspiration and personalities worth imitating.

At the round table, we compiled a list of how to build up student leadership. Individual items on this list are probably nothing new to most of you, but collaged together they build up powerful thoughts. They are also great reminders for all of us, from new students to 18 year veteran mentors. They are in no order of importance, because the key here is to implement them all in ways that work for your team. Singularly they are good, but combined they are powerful ways to build a successful team of inspired and motivated students.

Following the list are questions for further discussion, which I encourage you to answer in this thread (and look for some of the questions in upcoming #BotChat sessions on Twitter!)

Google Doc link to the discussion notes are found here: Building Student Leaders:IRI Round Table Discussion 2013